VIDEOTAPE
Original videos by HowToBeADad, or other people’s video shenanigans that were selected for your enjoyment.
Flowers & Guns
In the past week, we’ve seen conversation vary in color, pitch and tone. Humanity has learned, once again, what it means to mourn online. There’s a brackish tide of emotions washing over all of us from all sides. The seas smack against the rocks. Hate spreads and burns us up. Sadness blankets our thoughts. But […]
The Cutest Video You’ll See All Week
Warning: This video contains highly cute material practically designed to melt even the angriest and most manly among us. The squeaky shoes, though normally somewhat annoying, hit a certain frequency transforming sulking children into playful creatures, and adults into children. Cuteness side effects include: *Laughing *Smiling *Giggling *Tears of Joy *Need to Hug Your Children […]
Visiting My House During The Holidays
I want to invite you into my mom’s house for the holidays. It’s a really special time. There is so much holiday cheer and tradition. But there’s an element I can’t quite describe. It’s a stress level that we’re all familiar with, and sometimes takes a turn for the ridiculous. This video by YouTuber Chris […]
“Public Bathroom” : Convos With My 4-Year-Old
Some of the things we experience in public restrooms with our kids are best blacked out of our memories. Taking them to go “potty” is rough enough at home, but a trip to a public restroom is like napalm on a train wreck. This video by Matt and David (featuring Matt’s wife, Leila) hilariously demonstrates […]
The Most Incredible Costume of 2015
Halloween has been my favorite holiday for quite a long time now. It represents, to me, a moment when we can be anything and do anything. The night is filled with possibility, and imagination. Ghosts come to life, and whole worlds of story are real. Meet Jeremy Miller, son of Ryan Scott Miller. Jeremy just […]
The Most Talented Baby Pianist In Ever
It seems like the flow of information in this internet age has produced brilliance and talent at never-before-seen rates. Child prodigies seem to be cropping up faster and it’s humbling to see the level of genius possible in such tiny people. It’s honestly intimidating. Today I want introduce you to the most brilliant pianist I’ve […]
Barbie Made Her Do It! (Adorable VIDEO)
After countless comics of Calvin talking and playing with his stuffed tiger, Hobbes, and after all the Toy Story movies, parents still just don’t seem to get it. TOYS ARE ALIVE! To kids, anyway. Especially when they need a scapegoat. Or, in this case, a scapedoll. Watch this little cutie get all passionate snotted-up while […]
5 Reactions to Mufasa’s Death in The Lion King (VIDEO)
SPOILER ALERT! Parents are an endangered species in Disney movies. It’s a winning formula, we get it. Sometimes, one or both are already dead or missing, but occasionally we get to watch a parent die before our very own tear-pissing eyes. In this video here, let’s look at five people’s reactions while watching this scene, […]
Hilarious First Game of Chess (VIDEO)
The other day I discovered someone had started teaching my 6yo son how to play chess! So, we dusted off the old marble and brass decorative chess set we’d jammed in a closet after the last move and set it up. He’s well into the “I KNOW, DAD!” phase, and since I had no idea […]
Chewbacca Is Real!!!
So, I’m sick and I have no energy. It sucks. I have so much to do and the kids don’t care. They just want dad to pick them up, or drop them off. Play with them. Act like a human jungle gym. Open things. Put things away. These kids just have no idea. So, today’s […]
